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| 2462 | SPRING, Ivan. Flying Boat: The History of 262 Squadron RAF and the Origins of 35 Squadron SAAF. xv, 170, [3]p., bibliog., illus., index. Johannesburg: Spring Air, 1995. ISBN: 0958397724.
No. 262 Squadron was based in South Africa from 1942 and progressively South Africanised until it was transferred and renumbered in 1945. A solid operational history. |
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| 2463 | THOMPSON, H. L. Aircraft against U-Boat: Episodes from the Work of New Zealand Airmen in the Battle of the Atlantic, November 1942–November 1943 (New Zealand in the Second World War. Official History). 32p., illus. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs,1950.
A few glimpses of the Battle of the Atlantic at its height, when aircraft were playing an increasingly prominent role. |
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| 2464 | TILSLEY, Frank. Boys of Coastal. 143p., illus. London: Cassell, 1944.
Short tales of stock characters and stock heroics which are used to describe life in the Command. Reprinted by Chivers in 1975 (ISBN: 0859971007). |
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| 2465 | WILSON, Michael, & ROBINSON, A. S. L. Coastal Command Leads the Invasion. 160p., illus. London: Jarrolds, 1945.
A public relations account of Coastal Command's role in winning the battle of the Atlantic as a prelude to invasion. Heavily anecdotal. |
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| 2466 | ALLAN, Stuart. Commando Country. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland, 2008. ISBN: 1905267142.
Looks at the origins of the Commandos and other special forces, with a focus on how they were trained in the Highlands of Scotland. |
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| 2467 | BARBER, Neil. Fighting with the Commandos: The Recollections of Stan Scott, No 3 Commando. xxv, 154p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2008. ISBN: 1844157741.
After several attempts to join the army underage, he managed to join the Commandos and landed at D-Day and fought in the subsequent campaign. |
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| 2468 | BURN, Michael. Turned Towards the Sun: an Autobiography. 320p., illus. London: Michael Russell, 2003. ISBN: 0859552802.
He enlisted in a Territorial battalion in 1937 and was commissioned before the war. He was an early volunteer for the special independent companies, forerunners of the Commandos. He took part in the Norwegian campaign. His next action was the raid on St Nazaire, where the destruction of almost all the motor launches left him stranded ashore. He was taken prisoner and after several months in camps at Spangenburg and Rothenberg was moved to Oflag IVC at Colditz Castle where he spent the rest of the war. |
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| 2469 | BUTLER, Rupert. Hand of Steel: The Story of the Commandos. 261p., bibliog. London: Severn House, 1981. ISBN: 0727806726.
A popular history of the Commandos and their WWII operations, first published in paperback in 1980. |
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| 2470 | CHURCHILL, Thomas B. L. Commando Crusade. 272p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1987. ISBN: 0718306384.
Churchill fought in the Mediterranean and Aegean, commanding Second Commando Brigade. After Salerno, he fought in Yugoslavia beside Tito's partisans, commanded the defence of the island of Vis and finally fought in Albania. |
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| 2471 | COOK, Graeme. Commandos in Action. 176p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hart Davis MacGibbon, 1973. ISBN: 0246105402.
Potted histories of some of the better-known commando actions. |
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| 2472 | DEAR, Ian. Ten Commando 1942–1945. xvi, 208p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cooper, 1987. ISBN: 0850521211.
The first history of a shadowy unit composed of individuals from the Occupied Countries and Germany. It served on many of the Commando raids in Germany, Northern Europe, and the Mediterranean. |
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| 2473 | DUGAN, Sally. Commando: the Elite Fighting Forces of the Second World War. 304p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Channel 4 Books, 2001. ISBN: 0752261436.
The commandos were a hand-picked elite force assigned to 'develop a reign of terror' among the enemy. This book is tied to a three-part television series of the same name. |
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| 2474 | DUNNING, James. The Fighting Fourth: No.4 Commando at War 1940-45. xv, 208p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Sutton, 2003. ISBN: 0750930950.
A competent history by the Vice-President of the Commando Association. No.4 Commando served at the Lofotens, Dieppe, D-Day and Walcheren. |
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| 2475 | DUNNING, James. It Had to be Tough: The Fascinating Story of the Origins of the Commandos and Their Special Training in World War II. xii, 212p., bibliog., illus., index. Edinburgh: Pentland Press, 2000. ISBN: 1858217482.
Traces the formation of the Commandos and the development of the extreme and often unorthodox training methods and techniques used to prepare the volunteers from all branches of the British Army for subsequent world-wide operations. |
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| 2476 | DUNNING, James. When Shall Their Glory Fade?: The Stories of the Thirty-eight Battle Honours of the Army Commandos 1940-1945. xv, 286 p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Frontline, 2011. ISBN: 1848325975.
The story of each honour is presented in the most direct way, using the stories and experiences of the commandos, officers and men who actually took part in the fighting. It should be emphasised that the operations mentioned as Battle Honours recognised only those deemed to be thoroughly outstanding feats of arms and represent only a fraction of the raids and battles fought by the Commandos in their five years of active service. |
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| 2477 | DURNFORD-SLATER, John. Commando. 222p., illus. London: Kimber, 1953.
The story of No. 3 Commando by its wartime leader. The actions in which it was involved, from Guernsey and the Lofotens to the River Elbe, read like a history of Combined Operations. Reissued by George Mann in 1973 (ISBN: 0704100134). |
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| 2478 | GILCHRIST, Donald. Castle Commando. [7], 146p. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1960.
Describes the wartime training of Commandos at Achnacarry, through his own experiences. Also has details of the highlights of his service with the No. 4 Commando, including the Dieppe Raid. |
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| 2479 | GILCHRIST, Donald. Don't Cry for Me. 192p., illus., index. London: Hale, 1982. ISBN: 0709191480.
Memoirs of the Adjutant of No. 4 Commando in NW Europe from the Normandy landings. Reissued in paperback as The Commandos: D-Day and After in 1994 (ISBN: 0709053916). |
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| 2480 | LADD, James D. Commandos and Rangers of World War II. 288p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macdonald and Jane's; New York: St. Martin's, 1978. ISBN: 0356084329.
A history-cum-reference work of assaults, units, and weapons. |
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| 2481 | LOVAT, Simon Christopher James Fraser, Lord. March Past: A Memoir. viii, 397p., illus., index. London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1978. ISBN: 0297774565.
The autobiography of one of the colourful leaders of Commandos. |
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